Government to reserve Cape Coast Stadium for only Black Stars games- Kofi Adams

The Minister for Sports and Recreation,Kofi Adams, has hinted that the government plans to renovate the Cape Coast Stadium and reserve it exclusively for the use of the national men’s football team, the Black Stars.

This move is a strategic play to tackle Ghana’s ailing sports infrastructure, which led to a temporary ban from hosting home games due to the lack of a CAF-certified stadium for Category A matches.

In an exclusive interview with 3Sports on Sports Station, Adams stated that no club will be allowed to play their matches at at the stadium when it’s finally refurbished.

“If you look at the key stadium facilities we have, Cape Coast is the one that we will not spend so much refurbish it quickly, and not allow any club to play there; just keep it as a national stadium for Black Stars only, for the meantime.”

The Buem Member of Parliament revealed that the plan is to have the stadium match-fit for the September and October window, when the Black Stars take on their next qualifiers. After that, the ministry’s focus will shift to renovating the Accra and Kumasi stadia to bring them up to competition standards.

“So we would have prepared it for the September and October window when we play the next qualifiers. After that, we can close Accra and Kumasi as well and make sure they are refurbished for competitions,”

The Cape Coast Stadium, which boasts a 15,000-seat capacity, was inaugurated by former President John Dramani Mahama in 2016.

Although it hosted the 13th African Games and witnessed the Black Princesses’ gold-winning performance, the stadium has been sidelined for senior international matches since Ghana’s 1-0 win over South Africa in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier in November 2021.

The stadium’s failure to meet CAF’s licensing standards has kept it out of the game .

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